Let’s have us a friendly little contest…

…to see how long you can stomach watching this video clip of our very own Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-idiculous), who started out speaking in opposition to a sexual orientation provision in a hate crimes bill, but quickly ricocheted off into crazytown with discussions on bestiality, pedophilia, necrophilia, the tried-and-true “I’m not a racist because I once voted for a black man too,” and wraps it up with “the little guy with the mustache” in Germany from the 1940’s.

Yep, all this from a sexual orientation provision in a hate crimes bill. (key quote: “some say ‘that sounds like fun’…”)

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Written by Harold Cook, Letters From Texas is a humorous look at politics and current events, as seen through the eyes of a progressive Texan in a bad mood.

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